1-14-07 Fishing or no fishing?

We stayed on Marathon Key all day today. Our plan was to play at the beach and then go fishing in the afternoon. We had the charter all organized. Unfortunately it was too windy at the beach to swim. We waded and explored though. There were strange small blue bags on the beach…I was pretty sure I knew what they were. Hank picked up a few to look closer. Yep—Portuguese Man of War jellyfish! The little bag part on top must not sting because they didn’t bother Hank at all…but I wouldn’t want to swim with them. I gather they are pretty nasty if you get stung. By the time we went to meet our charter it was really windy and they wouldn’t go out. There weren’t enough people signed up either but even the extra money we offered didn’t inspire them to take us out. We were bummed. Went hunting for Key Lime pie instead…which was really good but no consolation for a canceled fishing trip. Key Lime pie is a big deal around here. The key lime only grows in Florida. Did you know that they aren’t green? They are yellow, about the size of a golf ball, so real key lime pie is yellow, not green. Looks just like lemon meringue pie but it’s delicious. Sometimes with meringue, sometimes with whip cream, yummy every time. We had a good day—although kind of quiet and a bit disappointing. The highlight was dinner on the kids at a nice restaurant called Parrotdise. I had grouper breaded in coconut and deep fried. Really a heart healthy recipe! We tried conch fritters, tuna sashimi, snapper. Everything was yummy. Hank even snuck off and paid the bill which made it REALLY yummy! Good margaritas too.